Joyce’s Quilting Quandary

I had an all day training session at Sovereign Hill this week.  I have become a FOSH, which is a Friend of Sovereign Hill. They are a group of costumed volunteers who help make Sovereign Hill more alive by being in the cottages, the street-scape, and the diggings.  While being volunteers, they are required to have the same training as the paid members of staff. The training certainly gave plenty of information about the Park, its history, its mission and its operations. It aims to be the best outdoor history museum in the world.  The background fabric is a variation on a Japanese shell fabric. The poppet head, one of the dominating features if Sovereign Hill, is made of bias strips. The 1852 refers to the era of history that the park depicts and the 50 is for Week 50.  The quilting is done in pale grey variegated thread.